The Silver Raft Cup: Suzhou’s Legendary Voyage from Earth to the Milky Way

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In ancient Suzhou legend, there once was a mysterious "raft" (a vessel) that could carry ambitious mortals from the mortal world to the Milky Way, where they might encounter the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. This ultimate imagination of flight, distance, and freedom is a truly romantic part of Wu culture.
700 years ago, during the Yuan Dynasty, master craftsman Zhu Bishan transformed this interstellar legend into a stunning national treasure: the Yuan Dynasty Silver Raft Cup. Built on a tree raft, it features an immortal seated atop, contemplating the universe. This most beautiful physical representation of this legend is now treasured at the Wu Culture Museum.
Today, this romantic sentiment rooted in the Wu region has been captured and recreated by the museum with its profound scholarship. It symbolizes and makes portable the millennia-old Wumen cultural heritage, allowing you to experience a condensed Suzhou legend at your fingertips while sipping tea and admiring the moon.
在苏州的古老传说里,曾有一艘神秘的“槎”,能载着有奇志的凡人,从人间出发,直抵天河,偶遇牛郎织女。这份关于飞翔、远方和自由的极致想象,是吴地文化中最浪漫的一笔。
700年前的元代,工匠大师朱碧山,便将这段星河传说,铸成了一件惊艳世人的国宝--元代银槎杯。它以树槎为舟,仙人安坐其上,静观宇宙,是这个传说最美的“实体版”现珍藏于吴文化博物馆。
今天,这份植根于吴地的浪漫情怀,被博物馆以深厚的学养萃取、再创作。它更是将流传千年的吴门文脉符号化、可携化,让您在品茗赏月之际,指尖触摸的是一段浓缩的苏州传奇。